# List of inventions named after places

This is a list of inventions and foods named after places.

## A-G

* Adirondack chair – Adirondack Mountains, US
* Adirondack guideboat – Adirondack Mountains, US
* Angostura bitters – Angostura, now called Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela
* Arbroath smokie – Arbroath, Scotland
* Axminster carpet – Axminster, Somerset, UK
* Badminton game – Badminton, Gloucestershire, UK
* Bahian guitar – Bahia, Brazil
* Bakewell tart – Bakewell, Derbyshire, UK
* Balaclava – Balaklava, Crimea, Ukraine
* Balmoral bonnet – Balmoral, Scotland
* Balmoral shoe – Balmoral, Scotland
* Bánh mì – Saigon, Vietnam
* Bangalore torpedo – Bangalore, India
* Bath bun – Bath, Somerset, UK
* Belfast truss – Belfast, Northern Ireland
* Berlin – Berlin, Germany
* Bikini – Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands
* Blackpool rock – Blackpool, Lancashire, UK
* Bordeaux mixture – Bordeaux, France
* Bristol board – Bristol, UK
* Brummagem Ware – Birmingham, UK
* Bungalow – Bengal, India
* Cambric – Cambrai, France known as Kameryk in Dutch
* Camembert – Camembert, Orne, France
* Calico – Kozhikode, Kerala, India known as Calicut
* Cape cart – Cape of Good Hope
* Champagne – Champagne, France
* Chelsea bun – Chelsea, London, UK
* Chorley cake – Chorley, Lancashire, UK
* Chicago screw – Chicago, Illinois, US
* China - China
* Cologne - Cologne, Germany
* Cognac – Cognac, France
* Concord coach – Concord, New Hampshire, US
* Corinthian bronze – Corinth, Greece
* Cornish pasty – Cornwall, UK
* Damascus steel – Damascus, Syria
* Damask – Damascus, Syria
* Delftware – Delft, Netherlands
* Denim – Nimes, France
* Dresden porcelain – Dresden, Germany
* Denver boot – Denver, US
* Duffel Bag – Duffel, Belgium
* Dum-dum bullet – Dum Dum, West Bengal, India
* Dymkovo toy – Dymkovo settlement, Russia
* Eccles cake – Eccles, Greater Manchester, UK
* Elswick cruiser – Elswick, Tyne and Wear
* Eton crop – Eton, Berkshire, UK
* Eton mess – Eton College, Eton, Berkshire, UK
* Fedoskino miniature – Fedoskino, Russia
* Fez – Fez, Morocco
* Finnan haddie – Findon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
* French horn - France
* Frankfurter – Frankfurt, Germany
* Gordian knot – Gordium, Turkey

## H-Q

* Hackney carriage – Hackney, London
* Hamburger – Hamburg, Germany
* Harris tweed – Harris, Outer Hebrides, Scotland
* Homburg – Bad Homburg, Germany
* Jeans – Genoa, Italy
* Jodhpurs – Jodhpur, India
* Jena glass – Jena, Germany
* Jersey barrier – New Jersey, US
* Jersey (clothing), Jersey (fabric) – Jersey
* Kentucky rifle – Kentucky, US
* Khokhloma – Khokhloma settlement, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia
* Lancashire boiler – Lancashire, UK
* Landau – Landau, Germany
* Leyden jar – Leiden, Netherlands
* Limerick – Limerick, Ireland
* Limousine – Limousin, France
* Lincoln green – Lincoln, UK
* Macassar oil – Makassar, Indonesia
* Madeira Islands — Madeira Islands via Madeira wine
* Madeira wine — Madeira Islands
* Magenta – Magenta, Lombardy
* Marathon race – Marathon, Greece
* Mayonnaise – Mahón, Menorca, Spain
* Muscovy glass – Moscow, Russia
* Nankeen – Nanking, China
* Norfolk wherry – Norfolk, UK
* Orenburg shawl – Orenburg, Russia
* Oxford bags – Oxford, UK
* Oxford brogues – Oxford, UK
* Panama hat – Panama
* Paris Green – Paris, France
* Parchment – Pergamon, Turkey
* Pilsner – Pilsen, Czech Republic
* Plaster of Paris – Paris, France
* Polonium – Poland
* Pomfret Cakes – Pontefract, Yorkshire, UK
* Port wine – Porto, Portugal
* Portland cement – Isle of Portland, Dorset, UK

## R-Z

* Roman candle (firework) – Rome, Italy
* Rugby football – Rugby, Warwickshire, UK
* Russian guitar – Russia
* Russian Mountains – Russia
* Samian ware – Samos, Greece
* Sherry – Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
* Sienna – Siena, Italy
* Surrey (carriage) – Surrey, UK
* Trojan horse – Troy, Turkey
* Tula pryanik – Tula, Russia
* Tulle (netting) – Tulle, France
* Venetian blind – Venice, Italy
* Venetian glass – Venice, Italy
* Yorkshire pudding – Yorkshire, UK
* Worcester sauce – Worcester, UK
* Worsted – Worstead, Norfolk, UK
* Zhostovo painting – Zhostovo, Russia